Tee stand



March 24, 1925.

WITNESS:

E. F. AFFELDT TEE STAND Filed May 21l 1923 2 Sheets-Shea?, 1

mvEN-roR ATTORNEY March 24, 1925.

E. F. AFFELDT TEE STAND Filed May 21, 1923 2 Shee'ts-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 24, 19254.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELMER F. AFFELDT, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,

TEE STAND.

Application led May 21, 1923.

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER F. AFFELDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tee Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates the provision o1 a tee stand for golf courses, wherein receptacles tor sand and water, means for supporting a towel, and a brush for cleaning the golf balls when necessary are conveniently arranged in a small compact stand.

The nature and advantages of the inven tion is better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed. In the drawings forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stand constructed in accordance with the present invention,

F igure 2 is a detail view of the bucket supporting arm.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken through the sand bowl and in support.

Figure 1 is a. sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail view ol the direction arrow.

Figure (3 a.. sectimial view through the base.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1() indicates a circular base designed to make good contact with the ground, especially soft uneven surface, although this base may vary in design without departing from the spirit of the invention. Rising upwardly and extending inwardly are the arms 11 forming part of the base structure, the arms being secured to and supporting the collar 12 in which the tubular standard 13 is threaded, or to which the standard is otherwise suitably connected. This standard supports a receptacle or sand bowl 14 which of course can be of any size or configuration. The standard 13 is internally threaded at its upper end to accommodate the plug 15 which is formed with a head 16, and the bottom ot the sand bowl reposes on this head as clearly shown. Arranged within the bowl and re- Serial No. 640,499.

lposing upon the bottom of the latter is a base 17 of a coupling member utilized for a purpose to be hereinafter described, and this base 18 is secured to the head 16 by means of fastening elements 2O which pass through the bottom of the sand bowl as il lustrated. This construction permits the sand bowl to be conveniently removed from the standard 13 at any time it is necessary o-r desirable to do so vfor any purpose whatsoever.

The coupling member just referred to is utilized to associate the supporting arm for the water bucket with the sand bowl, and as clearly shown in the drawing, this supporting arm, has its lower end offset as at 21 for association with the coupling member 18. The arm itself is vertically disposed as indicated at 22, and by reason of the offset portion 21, the arm is arranged to one side of the sand bowl as shown in Figure 1. yThe arm 22 can be of any suitable height, and is coupled as at 23 with a horizontally disposed extension 24: from which the water bucket 25 is suspended immediately above the sand bowl. The bucket 25 is suspended by means of clamps 26 which can be easily and conveniently removed from the extension 21 of the supporting arm when desired. These clamps are preferably constructed to engage and support a direction arrow represented at 28, and disposed immediately above and in parallelism with. the extension 24 of the bucket supporting arm. This arrow is adapted to contain an indicia concerning the number ot the green and the distance in yards, the arrow director being pointed in the direction of play.

Secured to the underside o't the sand bowl is a substantially L-shaped bracket 29, de pending branch o1 which supports a brush 30 adjacent one side vof the bowl, so that the golf balls can be conveniently moved across this brush when it is desired to clean the balls for any purpose. Manifestly, various parts of the stand are arranged for the con# venience of the user, and are also compactly disposed in the production of a cheap, yet strong and durable stand for the purpose intended. Carried by the supporting arm 22 is a towel supporting hook indicated at 32, so that the towel can be conveniently arranged o-r the user.

While it is believed that 'from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages oi the invention will be readily under- Stood, I desire to have it known that .I do not limit myself to what is herein-shown and described, and that such changes may be resorted to When desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

Iliat is claimed is A tee stand including a pedestal, a sta-nd receptacle supported thereon, a horizontally arranged arm supported above the receptaole, a pair of clamps -eleiyaeh-ablyy stip-ported on the arm, a bucket pivotally Connected with the elalnp and a longitudinal element carried by the Clamp and arranged above the arin and Serving as a 'handle and also being 4adapted to contain indicia.

ELMER F. AFFELDT. 

